Participants: Charles Mills (Host), Dr. James Marcum
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP000065A
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00:16 The word heart appears in the King James Bible 884 times.
00:22 Yes, I know that the Biblical heart represents the human mind, 00:26 but there are parallels. Stay tuned. 00:30 I'm Dr. James Marcum. 00:32 Are you interested in discovering the reason why? 00:35 Do you want solutions to your healthcare problems? 00:39 Are you tired of taking medications? 00:41 Well, you are about to be given the Ultimate Prescription. 00:45 The Bible describes the human heart as stony, hardened, 00:52 evil, un-repentant, failing, cold, wise, foolish, willing, 00:59 and even in need of a complete transplant. 01:01 Dr. Marcum, you've been answering questions about 01:05 the heart from the heartwiseministries.org website. 01:08 And I was just wondering, do you see some similarities 01:11 between the human heart and the human mind? 01:14 Yeah, there are a lot of conditions, if you remember 01:17 that text at that time, in the world, they thought the heart 01:21 was the center of reasoning. 01:23 Only years later, even the Greeks that, but years later 01:26 some of the doctors, especially in the Egyptian schools 01:30 they realize that the center of reasoning wasn't the heart, 01:33 it was the mind. So I think this that they are referring to, 01:36 create in me a new heart, was a new mind. 01:38 A new mind, a new way of thinking. 01:40 And that's why I think a lot, the disease that we have 01:43 originates in our mind many times. 01:46 And yes, there's a lot of similarities that have to do 01:49 with the heart and the mind, and there are some theories 01:52 out there that the heart and the mind are connected 01:54 neurologically. Well, we know that they are, 01:56 we know that adrenalin speeds up the heart. 01:58 We know that the brain has effects on the heart. 02:00 There's lots of people that thinks it goes vice versa too, 02:03 and we might not know all the complexities about the human 02:07 body, and that's what I am realizing, the more I learn, 02:10 the less I know, but I am always trying to learn 02:12 something more that we can apply to help our lives 02:15 do a little bit better. 02:17 To maybe help the world we live in, to help the stress 02:20 cause I see what's happening. 02:21 The systems all around us in the world... 02:23 you know, the systems are failing us. 02:25 One of the big things that has bothered me recently is 02:28 how the relationships... It used to be we had more 02:31 relationships than we used to. 02:33 We used to talk to each other, now we text each other. 02:37 We used to be creative and make things, 02:40 and now we watch things. 02:42 You know, so our whole world has changed and with that 02:45 we sort of go against the way we are designed to be. 02:49 The left and right brains don't interact as well as they 02:51 used to, and there has been some stress chemistry 02:54 so as I've learned more about how to study the scriptures, 02:58 looking for science that I can apply, I found some wonderful 03:01 things that no one else is talking about. 03:04 Let's hear it, that's wonderful. Yeah. 03:05 There is wonderful things that no one else is talking about 03:08 and it has to do with the way our mind works. 03:11 And the fact that God wants to be a part of our mind 03:14 and to heal our mind. 03:15 We already saw some of the research about how 03:18 spiritual things...you know worship helps our mind, 03:22 helps turn off the stress chemistry. 03:23 The altruistic' s that helps us in service, all these things 03:27 are wonderful. 03:28 But now there are some thing's that we can do when we 03:29 understand that our very thoughts, our very words, 03:33 the way we act, all have chemical consequences. 03:37 That's why when words come out of our mouth, 03:39 we have to be so careful, cause the word to my mouth 03:41 might mean one thing, but it might scare you 03:44 and it might hurt you. 03:45 Yes. And that can cause damage to your very own brain Charles 03:48 and all these things that happen, all these complex 03:51 interactions...The same with food. 03:52 You know when we eat some- thing, it might have more effect 03:55 on you than it would have on me, even though it's a healthy food. 03:58 Yes. Because our bodies are genetics, the interactions that 04:01 go on throughout our body are so unique to us 04:04 and only our creator understands that. 04:06 And some people say well, where to I go, I feel like I am sick, 04:09 where do I go? 04:11 Well, I think that I have proven that the first place to go 04:13 is to the ultimate, the Bible, the ultimate physician, 04:17 have Him lead you maybe to humanly physicians 04:19 and then be our physician ourselves. 04:21 And as we add all of these modalities to ourselves 04:24 we can at least move towards having better health. 04:27 I just thought of something. The very first time that 04:30 that Bible text that we often hear about the end time, 04:34 where it says men's hearts failing them for fear. 04:37 Yes. I always thought they were so afraid they had a 04:40 heart attack, but if the heart is the mind, 04:44 it's almost like saying, people going crazy for fear, 04:48 their minds failing them for fear, they can't think straight. 04:52 They are so afraid of what' happening that their reasoning 04:56 powers are shot. Yes, yes. 04:57 And we know that brains under stress, that moves down to, 05:01 they just want to stay alive. 05:02 And that's what's happening today. Yes. 05:04 That's exactly what's happening. And we are not using the 05:06 higher parts of our brains, the parts that we can 05:08 figure things out, communicate with God, and there is a reason 05:11 for this, you know, I mean God wants us to have control 05:15 of our mind, He wants to have our minds. 05:17 But if we don't, if we can't you know. 05:19 In an argument they say that you can only... 05:21 When you are having an argument, when you are stressed out 05:23 you can only retain 15% of that information. 05:26 Wow. When in argument. 05:27 There's a recent study about financial, financial problems 05:31 and they found out that people having financial problems 05:34 their IQ's went down about ten points 05:36 just from the stress of that. 05:38 And then when they got their financials in order, 05:39 their IQ came up again. 05:41 But can you imagine all the stuff that is going on in our 05:43 lives. You know, our brains, are we thinking any more 05:47 or Charles, are we letting someone else think for us? 05:50 Yes, yes. Who's doing our thinking for us anymore? 05:52 And they look at the media, what a major stressor there. 05:56 People are spending up to eight hours on the media a day 05:58 and even if you think it is not affecting me, it is. 06:02 The words, the advertisements, you know we were never 06:05 made to see people kill each other. 06:06 We were never made to see... live other people's lives. 06:10 We were never be made to be entertained. 06:12 We were made to be creative and to have service 06:14 and as we've done these things, we've created an environment 06:17 that's not healthy chemically. 06:18 Now in modern medicine, we talk about pills, anxiety pills, 06:23 depression pills, and when things don't work well, 06:26 your blood pressure goes up and...but we never 06:28 answer the question, Why, why is this happening? 06:31 Why is this going on? How can I think outside of the box? 06:35 How can I come to true healing? Is it about money, or is it 06:39 about doing what is right? 06:41 And it's never been popular to do what is right Charles. 06:44 There's a question that came in recently to Heartwise Ministries 06:47 that really highlights this whole idea here. 06:51 This person says I have advanced cancer. 06:55 My Oncologist wants to place me on a medicine, 06:57 I do not want to take this medicine, 07:00 is this a poor decision? 07:01 There is fear in every word of this sentence here, 07:04 this question. Yes there is and that's the core 07:07 of a lot of questions, and to answer that question... 07:10 you know, there is nothing wrong with not taking 07:12 the medicine if you have advanced cancer. 07:14 You know, in the treatment of cancer, we want to try to 07:19 prevent it from happening. 07:20 We've talked about ways we can do that... 07:23 Look at our skin. Stay out of the sun too long. 07:26 We do need sun... Eat healthy diets, which help us 07:29 lower the risk of colon cancer. 07:31 Avoid gaining weight, which puts us at risk for 07:34 different cancers and of course you want to detect it 07:37 early, especially if we have genetic family histories. 07:39 You know, screening tests, we want to do all that, 07:42 but when cancer has spread... You know, if you think about it, 07:46 a single bullet might not be the answer. 07:49 And if it was the answer for metastatic cancer, 07:51 why does the rates go up. Single medical bullet... 07:54 Well why are the rates going up like crazy? 07:57 We haven't really lowered the risk, we have been spending 07:59 billions and billions of dollars on this. 08:01 But you look at some of the other ways of slowing down 08:04 cancers, giving healthy foods, diet, you think about 08:08 our faith and even if this person, even if this person 08:11 with cancer succumbs that body, that body, that doesn't mean 08:16 the person is without hope. 08:18 That doesn't mean they are not going to be healed. 08:20 It is just when, when is healing going to occur? 08:23 I want to say there is always hope, in God, 08:27 there's always hope. 08:28 You know, our savior came down and died to give us that hope 08:31 so don't be despaired, there's always some place 08:34 where you can find healing. 08:37 Sometimes we think death is a terminal event, 08:39 but God doesn't see death as a terminal event. 08:43 We are programmed to think that, so we are programmed 08:47 to do everything we can as fearful as it can to not do that 08:52 and if we can't do that we are scared to death 08:53 which adds to our own demise, it doesn't make any sense to me. 08:57 and we got a lot of ways to numb our fears that aren't 09:00 necessarily healthy for us. 09:01 The next question here that we have from 09:03 heartwiseministries.org is, why are heart attacks so high? 09:06 And I can say along with that, why is mental illness rising 09:12 at the same level, in the same rate as heart disease? 09:16 Why are those two running parallel? 09:18 That's a great question cause let's look at the evidence. 09:21 Mental health keeps deteriorating, 09:24 even our children have problems and... 09:26 Diabetes, sleep apnea, obesity, heart attacks, strokes, 09:31 chronic disease, the rates keep going up and yet, 09:36 and yet, we write four billion prescriptions every year, 09:39 we have the best technology in the world... 09:41 We spend 1 in 6 dollars on health care and that goes up 09:44 it's because we are not looking at the reason why and finding 09:47 solutions and it's the sinful world... 09:50 It's in those single bullets you were talking about. 09:52 The single bullets, that's why we got to get back to the 09:54 complete plan that was given to us by God 09:57 and try to follow that plan and find the appropriate places 10:01 for modern medicine, the appropriate places for 10:04 taking a pill, but like I said, we've turned it into something.. 10:07 we've lost track, we've lost focus, we might see a tree, 10:11 but we don't see the forest, and it's becoming 10:14 a real problem. So why all of this, 10:16 because all of the stress has gone up, 10:17 we are not living the lives we are designed to live, 10:20 our diets are terrible now. We still fill our bodies 10:24 with fatty foods. Out there we still see advertising, 10:27 we still...and we don't even have ways to communicate 10:29 healthy diets to people, it's blocked at every avenue. 10:32 I don't see lots of commercials on TV celebrating a whole food 10:37 plant based diet. I just don't see that. 10:39 You know, even some of that information is belittled. 10:42 Yes, yes. You can't do this, this is not good for you 10:46 ok, you don't have this... It's belittled. 10:48 And those are the things that we have to change, 10:50 we are not going to change society, but maybe we can change 10:54 people one at a time. And that's what we try to do 10:56 at Heartwise. We try to give information, let people evaluate 11:01 the evidence, but more than anything, we want people to have 11:03 relationships. Relationships with God the most, 11:06 but relationships with each other. We were designed to 11:08 help each other, we were designed to teach each other, 11:11 we were designed to serve each other, 11:12 and as we start to do those things, we're going to find 11:15 a level of healing. 11:16 And Dr. Marcum, I know that, you know that, 11:21 the people who are watching this program, 11:23 if they are watching regularly, they know the truth, 11:25 they know where to find it, what is wrong with the 11:29 medical system? We've had several questions that come... 11:31 What is wrong with the medical system? 11:33 We, you guys are saying these things and it's true, 11:36 it's right before our eyes, it's right there in the Bible, 11:39 the studies have been done, the China study has been 11:42 written, Estelson has done his thing, and McDougall, 11:44 and Dr. Hans Diehl...These people have all proven 11:48 beyond a shadow of a doubt that a certain lifestyle 11:51 which includes diet and exercise, and faith, and worship 11:54 and all that, it is the most healing way to live. 11:57 Yet you don't go to your doctor and come out with a prescription 12:01 for worship, why is that? 12:03 Well, you know Charles, and I don't think it is the individual 12:05 doctors per se, it's the system. The system that has grown... 12:10 It's like it has grown a little bit bigger each year, 12:13 the pressures that are put on everybody, 12:16 the people that are making the advertising, 12:18 What's been said in the Media, um, even in the food industry 12:23 they have profits to be made, they have lobbyists that go 12:27 to the government, all these different pressures... 12:30 The time allotted to physicians and patients have gone down 12:34 every year... Talk about that, when you first 12:37 started, how long did you stay with a patient? 12:40 At least 75% of the time with a patient, 25% with paper work. 12:44 But as time went on, 10 years ago, it was about 50/50 12:48 three or four months ago, it was about 75% of my time 12:51 with paper and computers and only 25% of my time 12:55 with patients. Which that works out to be about 10 minutes 12:58 with the patient. Yeah and the relationships have gone 13:01 down. You can't have a relationship when you don't 13:03 have the time. And that is one of the reasons I like 13:06 answering peoples questions, because they long for the 13:09 relationship too, otherwise they wouldn't have the question, 13:11 it would have already been answered. 13:12 Yes. So I long to have that relationship with my patients 13:16 and with each other and I think that our technology, 13:19 even though it's important and helpful in some instances, 13:22 in some instance it can actually hurt things. 13:24 It's good to be together, it's good to have families, 13:27 it's good to have people over, it's good to care for each other, 13:30 it's good to talk to each other. So those things I want to 13:33 promote because there's healing effects in relationships, 13:36 healthy relationships with each other because it 13:38 leads us to love, it leads us to service, 13:41 and of course our relationship with God leads us to His plan 13:44 for our lives and we don't know what that is, 13:46 we just have faith that He is going to move us 13:48 one step at a time. 13:49 We're going to take a short break and when we come back, 13:51 boy, do I have a biblical prescription for you. 13:54 Stay tuned. |
Revised 2017-06-14